Losi Brushless buggy tips

[Shark413]

Been working on and racing my Losi for a while and I have been running brushless for several years and I thought I would share some tips I have applied to my Losi. Many of these tips are common knowledge but I figured may be some of these would be helpful to someone. Please feel free to add your own tips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP2be0ztm2k
Buggy in action



Tip #1

According to some, the reason the fan blades break is because small pebbles/rocks get into the ESC thru the top grill. To eliminate/reduce this from happening I took some plastic window screen, cut out a quarter size circle and glued it on top of the ESC grill. Keeps the smaller rocks out and still allows plenty of air flow.






A little dab of silicone sealer or CA glue will hold the mesh in place.

Tip #2

Use small pieces of fuel tube to make small washers, these are placed on the ends of screws to help prevent them from falling off, keeps the threads clean and prevents anything from getting snagged on them.



Tip #3

See picture above, the Losi uses smaller outer hub bearings (for lighter overall weight, but some find the bearings don't last as long and some prefer the extra duability of the standard size bearings. King Headz makes an alloy rear carrier that uses the larger 16x8 standard bearing, Integy also makes alloy carriers that use the larger bearing and is about half the price of the King Headz. Some say Integy quality is suspect but I have been using them on my buggy with no issues, you do have to open the hinge pin hole if you use it on a 2.0 Losi. I run the King Headz on my truggy and they are top notch.